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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1865

2 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Arrival of the Mail Demand of Compensation on the British by the United States Government. Preliminary Measures to Enforce the Monroe Doctrine. Notification Sent to the Emperor of the French by the American Government to Withdraw French Troops From Mexico. Federal Troops Sent Into Texas. Surrender of General Kirby Shith. Pension and Public Subscripton for Mrs. Cobden. Termination of Cotton Famine. Terrible Railway Accident. Fires and Riots at Nottingham. Gales and Wrecks on the English Coast. Great Fire in London. Dreadful Colliery Explosion. Trial of Confederate Conspirators. Fearful Distress in the South. Explosion of a Magazine at Chatanooga. the Finian Brotherhood. Fire at the Tyne Docks, Newcastle Attck on Negroes in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia. Tremendous Riots Junction of English and French Iron-clad Fleets. the Pope and the Emperor of Mexico. Insubordination of the Negroes, and Expected General Insurrection. Sydney. Friday, 3.45 p.m

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 12 August 1865 · page 2

The mail steamer Rangatira arrived at Adelaide at 11 o'clock this morning.The Queen and Royal Family are in good health The dissolution of Parliament was expected to…

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Extraordinary Case of Death on the Parramatta Road

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 4 October 1865 · page 4

Late on Friday night the dead body of a man was found on the Parramatta Road, near Petersham, by the constable stationed in that neighbourhood. The corpse was…

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